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USA Fencing Decision Is Lenient on Match Fixing and Undermines the Integrity of Sport
USA Fencing athletes are aggrieved by the recent decision by USA Fencing to enact a weak and futile suspension on two American fencing referees.
Joint Statement from Global Athlete and FairSport following The New York Times and ARD reports on the Positive Drug Tests of 23 Chinese Swimmers
Over the past two days, the New York Times and ARD exposed allegations that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) covered up positive doping tests of the banned substance Trimetazidine (TMZ) from twenty-three Chinese athletes in early 2021, prior to the Tokyo Summer Olympics.
Canadian Minister of Sport Announces “Future of Sport in Canada Commission”
Global Athlete and Gymnasts for Change Canada acknowledges today’s announcement by the Minister of Sport to establish a ‘Future of Sport in Canada Commission’ to review the Canadian sport system.
Canadian Safe Sport Think Tank Report
Recently, a cross-section of Canadian sports people gathered for the Canadian Safe Sport Think Tank hosted by Global Athlete and Gymnasts for Change Canada to collectively address the country’s sporting crisis. Olympic and National Team athletes, advocates, survivors, sports administrators, coaches, and scholars engaged in a comprehensive examination of the Canadian sport system and collaborated to identify a pathway for its recovery and reconstruction.
The International Olympic Committee Set to Continue Kowtowing to Russia with Another Misleading Ban
This ban is both deceptive and ineffectual, as the sole punitive measure that could truly bridle Russia, its ongoing aggression and its broader geopolitical strategies remains to be ‘decided’ – whether Russian and Belarusian athletes will compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. However, the IOC has already made clear, through its statements and actions, that a decision has already been contrived to welcome these athletes to Paris.
Athletes Call for the International Paralympic Committee to Uphold the Outright Ban on Russia and Belarus at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games
On the eve of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) General Assembly and Conference, we echo and amplify the voices of thousands of athletes and twenty-six governments by calling for both Russia and Belarus to be banned from the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.
The Olympic Council of Asia Openly Threatens and Silences Athletes
With less than a week before the start of the Asian Games in China, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has publicly threatened athletes with the removal of accreditation should they decide to exercise their fundamental right to freedom of expression.
Joint Statement: A National Inquiry into Abuse in Sport must be Top Priority for the Government of Canada to Protect Canadian Children and Athletes
For over 18 months, Canadian athletes, advocates, scholars, and allies have been calling for the Government of Canada to initiate a national inquiry into the toxic culture of abuse that, as we have sadly come to learn, exists across all levels of Canadian sport. Watch video…
The Canadian Standing Committee on the Status of Women Publish Report, Time to Listen to Survivors.
Yesterday in Canada, June 14, the Standing Committee on the Status of Women published a report, Time to Listen to Survivors: Taking Action Towards Creating a Safe Sport Environment for All Athletes in Canada, which recommended the “Government of Canada establish an independent national public inquiry into maltreatment in sports in Canada”.